Secret Argent Man

Hello NGC. There is an NGC member that I would like to contact who has many listings in the Competitive Sets Registry. But when I do a member search on WWW.Collectors-Society.com/people search, his name does not come up. Is this because he has unchecked "Accept private messages from other members" within his account's "Communication Preferences? Or has he possibly checked "Unsubscribe from all emails and text messages" within his account's "Commication Preferences? Whichever the case may be, I would like to contact this member. And if he has chosen not to receive any contact from other members, would there be another way of reaching him through NGC's communication services?

Hello NGC. Is it my computer or is NGC having a problem with their website? Some images or pictures can be seen while other images or pictures do not appear. For example, I do not see the images or pictures of featured announcements on NGC's homepage.

Oh, OK. I got it now. Thanks.

Hello rocket23. I agree with your statement that the mint mark, and possibly the grader's label is the only way to tell the difference between a newer ASE burnished coin and a newer ASE bullion coin. But a mint mark, or grader's label should not be the only way to tell the difference between different types of coins. Earlier (2006, 2007, 2008) ASE burnished eagles have a distinctive "satin" appearance to them. Newer ASE burnished eagles do not. Here I go again with my conspiracy theory that the mint used bullion blanks and dies with the W mint mark from 2011 to present to strike and produce so call ASE burnished coins. Even Ray Charles could see the difference between an ASE bullion coin as compared to a Proof Coin, or a Reverse Proof coin, or an Uncirculated Enhanced Coin. But put a newer ASE bullion coin next to a newer ASE burnished coin and they look exactly alike. Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest. I guess I'm the only one who has a hang up about this. Maybe I need to collect the ASE proof coins and reverse proof coins. At least they do not look like bullion coins.

Hello RWB. Your statement makes perfect sense to me. But because newer burnished silver eagles are the same in appearance as compared to a bullion silver eagle, will the burnished eagle lose favor within the numismatic community as a collectable coin? I guess that only time will tell. By the way, in your statement you say "variety of OP's". And being a "Newbie" numismatist, I'm not sure what the abbreviation "OP's" means in your statement. If you don't mind, please reply and clarify. Thanks.

Hello VKurtB. I appreciate your input and the explanation of how improved striking techniques have "closed the gap" between the appearance of the non-burnished and burnished silver eagles.

Hello, I have many burnished silver eagles from 2006 to 2020. All of my earlier (2006, 2007, 2008) burnished silver eagles definitely have a matte / satin like finish on them as compared to my burnished silver eagles minted in 2011 to present which look like bullion coins. Being a conspiracy theorist, I am of the opinion that the US Mint simply used bullion blanks and dies with a W mint mark to strike and make so called burnished silver eagles from 2011 to present, and that includes the burnished silver eagles struck in San Francisco in 2011. Regardless of my aforementioned ill-founded notion, is there any credence to my belief that something changed in the appearance between the earlier uncirculated burnished silver eagles as compared to the 2011 to present burnished silver eagles? Does anyone know what the US Mint did or did not do to make newer burnished eagles look like plain jane non-collectable bullion coins?

I would like to trade a 2016 W burnished silver eagle, NGC MS70, Blue Label ER, Annual Dollar Set coin for your 2016 W coin which needs to be very similar to mine. Your coin must be a 2016 W, NGC MS 70 Brown Label burnished silver eagle (not Blue Label ER) Annual Dollar Set coin. The description and wording layout on the label of your Brown Label coin must be exactly like my Blue Label ER coin, except of course, your brown label coin will not have "Early Releases" on it. In the place of "Early Releases", your label should read "Burnished Silver Eagle". See attached picture of my coin. Please contact me if you're interested. Thanks, Dennis, aka Secret Argent Man

How can I tell by the NGC BLUE label if a 1oz. 20th anniversary burnished gold eagle came from a three coin gold (burnished, proof, RP) set or a two coin (burnished silver, burnished gold) set? Or in other words, does the NGC BLUE label on a certified 20th anniversary burnished 1oz gold eagle coin specify or show which 20th anniversary set the gold coin came from?

I recently purchased a set (2006 - 2020) of Burnished Silver Eagles from Bullion Sharks. All coins are graded MS70 by NGC (Brown Label) and in slabs. The coins of the early years (2006, 2007, 2008) in my set have a different appearance from the coins dated 2011 through 2020. The 2006, 2007, 2008 coins appear to be over burnished; an almost kind of dull appearance to them. The 2011 and up coins are burnished but have more luster to them and reflect more light than the earlier coins. I would appreciate any response or information regarding this difference in appearance from the older silver eagles in my set as compared to the newer silver eagles.